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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1904

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SYDNEY, Monday. Sydney Cycling Carnival

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 2

The Sydney Grand International Test Cycling Carnival was continued at the Sydney Cricket ground on Saturday night. The weather was…

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Bazaar and Industrial Show

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 3

On Wednesday and Thursday a Show on a small scale was held in the Cathcart School of Arts in conjunction with a Bazaar, the profits from which will…

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The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Metropolitan Show, March 30 to April 7. A Record Exhibition Expected

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 3

Preparations are in fall siring for the great Easter Show Carnival, Many improvements have been made since the last Show, including additional accommodation…

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COOMA P. & A. Association. Annual Show, 1904. Wednesday and Thursday, [?] and 24Th March

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

President, Mr J A Sellar; Vice Presidents, Messrs John Crisp and D C Pearaon. Committee: Messrs F. Blaxland, William Crisp, R…

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Delegate Show

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 7

THE Delegate P. and A. Society's agricultural show for 1904, which has just eventuated, was, we think all will admit a huge success. The entries were far…

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Notes at the Show

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 7

THE third show since the resurrection of the Society has passed and gone, and no one can dispute the fact that it was a huge success, the entries totalling close…

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The Show Ball. a Great Success

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 3

The annual Show ball took place on Thursday evening, at the Drill Hall, Cooma and was a most enjoyable function. The hall was transformed into a most…

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Cooma P. and A. Association. Annual Show, 1904. [Second Notice]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 2

As announced in last issue, several items connected with the Cooma. Show were unavoidably held over, the available space not being…

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Shall We Have a Spring Show ! (To the Editor of the "Manaro Mercury.")

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 4

SIR,—I had occasion at the Social held last week, on the first night of the Cooma Show, to make a few remarks on the matter of holding a Spring Show…

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Royal Agricultural Show

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

The annual Royal Agricultural Show was officially opened on Thursday last by the Governor-General, Lord Northcote, who came over from Melbourne specially…

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Royal Agricultural Society's 1904 Show

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 4

GENERALLY speaking, the present Show is a decided success, the Society's immense grounds at Moore Pork proving far too small for the elaborate display of…

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The Sydney Show. District Exhibits

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1904 · page 2

At the Royal Agricultural Show during last week Mr. V. J. Tarlinton's Skylark (who won the high Jump at Cooma Show) won the Water jump, covering 30 feet 5…

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Awards at Sydney Show

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

Among local growers who were successful at the Sydney Show, Messrs Haywood Brothers, of Pambula gained the following awards :—Broad beans…

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Cooma Cycling Carnival. Prince of Wales' Birthday

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1904 · page 2

The Cooma branch of the New South Wales League of Wheelmen and Athletic Clut carried out a programme of sports at the Cooma…

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The Sydney Sheep Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 2

The New South Wales Sheep Breeders Association opened its tenth annual Show on Wednesday, at the Agricultural Ground, Moore…

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Has the Scare to Show

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 3

The man from Idaho who was stopping at a Detroit hotel has been telling about the big game of the west and he finally dropped wolved and beard and lion and said:…

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The Wagga Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 2

The crowd at the Show at Wagga was a record one, there being nearly seven thousand persons present…

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Hospital Carnival. Procession Sports, and Ball. Successful Throughout

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 2

It is scarcely necessary for us to go into a detailed account of the proceedings which led up to the great local carnival on Wednesday last, the…

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Miss Marienarelle at the World's Fair. How a "Coo-ee" Broke Up a Concert

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 2

In the Irish Village at the World's Fair at St. Louis there is the Blarney Castle Theatre, and there (writes a correspondent on September 11) signs…

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SANDOW's Advice to the Fair Sex

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 December 1904 · page 4

Sandow says—and Sandow is certainly worth listening to— that women's exercises should be quit different from men's exercises…

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